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2024 CSO30 Middle East Awards: Nominations are now open

CIO

The ceremony for the inaugural edition of the CSO30 Awards will take place at the IDC CISO Roundtable on May 15 at Dubai’s Jumeirah Mina A’Salam Hotel, June 4 at Riyadh’s Mövenpick Hotel and June 10 at Doha’s Grand Hyatt Hotel & Villas. Europe, ASEAN, Asia/Pacific, India, and a host of other countries.

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Is the Future of Hotels Contactless?

Battery Ventures

We talk to the founder of one of those startups, hotel-software provider Mews*, in this episode of Powered by Battery. Mews’ founder, Czech-born Richard Valtr, comes from a family of hotel operators in Europe and has a far-reaching vision of how hotels can offer better service to customers—through technology.

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How Your Employee Recognition Program Can Destroy Morale

Let's Grow Leaders

A great employee recognition program is a remarkable way to build culture, increase employee engagement and reinforce critical behaviors. Done well, these programs will have a positive impact on culture and can also serve as a vital part of your 5 x 5 communication plan. Avoid these 8 employee recognition program mistakes.

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What you need to know to accelerate your cloud and data strategy

CIO

At Choice Hotels , cloud is a tool to help the hospitality giant achieve corporate goals. The program kicks off with a big-picture view of how the cloud will change the way we live, work, play, and innovate from futurist and Delphi Group Chairman and Founder Tom Koulopoulos. Cloud Management, Hybrid Cloud, IT Leadership, IT Strategy

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Travel app Hopper raises $96M from Capital One to double down on social commerce

TechCrunch

Hopper’s tech already powers Capital One Travel and Premier Collection, Capital One’s marketplace of hotels and resorts exclusive to Capital One Venture X cardholders. It’s a safe bet that similar experiences along that vein are forthcoming. Image Credits: Hopper. billion this year.

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Butler shows hundreds of employees the door after raising $50M for room service delivery

TechCrunch

Butler would lease a hotel kitchen on one property and use it to provide meal delivery services to in-house guests there and in other, nearby hotels. According to a Forbes profile, he opened his first restaurant in New York City at the age of 19 — located inside a “big-box” hotel. Layoffs begin.

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9 ways IT leaders can impact sustainability initiatives

CIO

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. You need a leadership team that is supportive, and a board that will back them up. At Vuori, everything is in the cloud.